Billboard Top R&B Records of 1957 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales and disc jockey plays. Due to the extent of cross-over between the R&B and pop charts in 1957, the song's rank, if any, in the year-end pop chart is also provided.
Retail Diskjockey Poprank Title Artist(s) Label1 10/NR 16/NR "Jailhouse Rock"/"Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley RCA Victor2 3/24 21 "Searchin'"/"Young Blood" The Coasters Atco3 12 20 "You Send Me" Sam Cooke Keen4 21 19 "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers Cadence5 7 1 "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley RCA Victor6 1 50 "Blue Monday" Fats Domino RCA Victor7 20 27 "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers Roulette8 23 24 "Diana" Paul Anka ABC-Paramount9 36 35 "Silhouettes" The Rays Augusta10 29 18 "Come Go with Me" The Del-Vikings Dot11 4 38 "I'm Walkin'" Fats Domino Imperial12 2 NR "Love Is Strange" Mickey & Sylvia Vik13 14 40 "Send for Me" Nat King Cole Capitol14 16 43 "Short Fat Fannie" Larry Williams Specialty15 8 22 "School Days" Chuck Berry Chess16 NR 3 "Little Darlin'" The Diamonds Mercury17 28 30 "That'll Be the Day" The Crickets Brunswick18 41 NR "Lucille" Little Richard Specialty19 15 28 "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun19 13 48 "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino Imperial21 35 NR "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" The Tune Weavers Checker22 9 NR "C.C. Rider" Chuck Willis Atlantic23 11 47 "Mr. Lee" The Bobbettes Atlantic24 22 14 "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/"Loving You" Elvis Presley RCA Victor25 5 NR "Since I Met You Baby" Ivory Joe Hunter Atlantic26 49 5 "So Rare" Jimmy Dorsey Fraternity27 6 NR "Jim Dandy" LaVern Baker Atlantic28 42 NR "Honky Tonk" Bill Doggett King29 30 NR "Little Bitty Pretty One" Thurston Harris Aladdin30 NR 42 "Be-Bop Baby" Ricky Nelson Imperial31 26 NR "Valley of Tears" Fats Domino Imperial32 50 NR "Just Because" Lloyd Price ABC-Paramount33 37 NR "Over the Mountain" Johnnie & Joe Chess34 48 NR "Jenny, Jenny"/"Miss Ann" Little Richard Specialty35 17 NR "Farther Up the Road" Bobby Bland Duke36 17 NR "Without Love" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic37 27 NR "Keep A-Knockin'" Little Richard Specialty38 19 13 "Party Doll" Buddy Knox Roulette39 45 NR "It Hurts to Be in Love" Annie Laurie Deluxe40 47 11 "Bye Bye Love" The Everly Brothers Cadence41 NR NR "Stardust" Billy Ward Liberty42 NR 2 "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone Dot43 NR 7 "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell Columbia44 33 NR "A Thousand Miles Away" The Heartbeats Rama45 NR NR "Next Time You See Me" Little Junior Parker Duke46 39 NR "Honest I Do" Jimmy Reed Vee Jay47 25 9 "Too Much" Elvis Presley RCA Victor48 NR NR "Raunchy" Bill Justis Phillips International49 44 4 "Young Love" Tab Hunter Dot50 34 NR "Ain't Got No Home" Clarence "Frogman" Henry ArgoNR 31 NR "Send Me Some Lovin'" Little Richard SpecialtyNR 32 NR "Long Lonely Nights Clyde McPhatter AtlanticNR 40 48 "Whispering Bells" The Del Vikings DotNR 42 NR "You Got Me Dizzy" Jimmy Reed Vee JayNR 46 NR "Empty Arms" Ivory Joe Hunter Atlantic
See also List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1957 Billboard year-end top 50 singles of 1957 1957 in music
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